① 所填单词以实词为主。97，98两年的复合式听写中只有一个是介词，其他13个全是名词、形容词或副词。
② 7个单词以评价性词汇为主，也就是说可以从上下文找到说明的信息。
如97年6月的复合式听写：
in police work, you can never predict the next crime or problem. no working day is identical to any other, so there is no (1)"______" day for a police officer.
既然没有一天是相同的，也就没有哪一天是"典型的"。根据这种因果说明可以判断所填单词为typical。而没有一天完全相同，也正说明了警察的工作富于变化，由此也可以判断下面的第5个空填variety ( i think i can (describe) police word in one word:(5) _______.)。
③ 表示上下义的词汇为题眼
有些词语即使听不清楚同样可以填出。如98年1月的复合式听写。
very few people can get college degree before 11, but michael was an exception.
he started high school when he was 5, finishing in just nine months. he became the (s1) ______ youngest college graduate when he was 10 years and 4 months old, earning an (s2)______ degree. now at 11 michael's working on a master's degree in (s3)______ intelligence.
but michael's (s4) ______ hasn't always come easy. (s5) ______ his intelligence, he still lacks important life(s6) ______. in one class, he had to struggle to understand (s7) ______ novels, because, he says, "i'm 11. i've never been in love before."
another challenge was his size. (s8) ______________________________he likes computers so much (s9)______________________________________ he wants to make robots do all the heavy tasks. (s10)___________________________________ .
(s1) world‘s (s2) architecture
(s3) artificial (s4) success (s5) despite (s6) experiences (s7) romantic
(s8) high school physical education was difficult, because all of the equipment was too big for the then five-year-old student.
(s9) that in graduate school he's studying how to make them think like people.
(s10) michael is smart, but he is like every other kid.
文章的第一段介绍了michael如何5岁上高中，10岁上大学，11岁攻读硕士学位。第二段开始一个转折，介绍他的这种"成功"也来之不易。 所填单词为以上信息的上义词，对上文的总结，自然应该是success。(but michael's _____ hasn't always come easy.)
④ 表示同义或反义的词汇为题眼
复合式听写所填词汇一部分是同义或反义关系，如97年考题：
one day, for example, i was working undercover; that is, i was on the job, but i was wearing (6)____ clothes, not my police (7)______.
通常情况下警察所穿的应该是"制服"，即uniform，这样，police uniform和normal clothes就构成反义关系。根据(6)(7)的对照关系，可以判断(6)所表示的应该是"便装"，这也正式对上文working undercover的解释。
⑤ 对文章叙述逻辑的考查
叙述逻辑即上下文的因果、转折、递进、解释等关系。如果同学们能看出这些关系，则不用听就可以将所缺单词填上。如98年考题。
but michael's (success) hasn't always come easy. (5)______ his intelligence, he still lacks important life (6)_______. in one class, he had to struggle to understand (7)______ novels, because, he says, "i'm 11. i've never been in love before."
由上下文个逻辑关系可以判断(5)应该填despite，即虽然他很聪慧，但却缺乏很重要的生活……。后面在课上所发生的事情是说明他缺乏(……)的一个例证。例证本身不仅说明了(6)应该填experiences，同时加上后文中的"i'm 11. i've never been in love before." 说明(7)应该填love或romantic。
